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Daniel McDevitt of Cummings & Co. Realtors launches website to give Baltimore Homeowners real time reporting on house values in an inventory constrained market. Baltimore, MD (PRWEB) May 28, 2013 Homeowners in Maryland who found themselves underwater during the housing crisis are discovering that they may now have equity resulting from exceptional price increases in the last 6-8 months. “We have gotten so used to the downward trends from the past few years that most people don’t...
Researchers at UCL and Harvard have found that we punish cheats only when they end up better off than us, in a study that challenges the notion that punishment is motivated by revenge. Published today in the journal Biology Letters, the research shows that victims of cheating compare their own payoffs with those of partners when making punishment decisions. "Punishment is a costly behaviour which is often aimed at individuals that cheat during social interactions," said Dr Nichola...
Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Children who are spanked, slapped, grabbed and pushed as a means of physical punishment may be at an increased risk for developing emotional problems later in life, according to findings from a new study to be published in the August issue of Pediatrics. Non-abusive physical punishment may be different than physical and sexual abuse or neglect, but researchers say it still has lasting repercussions on child development, which may...
Study suggests non-corporal discipline aids children's executive-functioning abilityChildren in a school that uses corporal punishment performed significantly worse in tasks involving "executive functioning" "“ psychological processes such as planning, abstract thinking, and delaying gratification "“ than those in a school relying on milder disciplinary measures such as time-outs, according to a new study involving two private schools in a West African country.The findings,...
Three studies led by UNC researchers find that spanking and other forms of corporal punishment of children are still common in the U.S. and worldwide, despite bans in 24 countries.Spanking has declined in the U.S. since 1975 but nearly 80 percent of preschool children are still disciplined in this fashion. In addition, corporal punishment of children remains common worldwide, despite bans on corporal punishment that have been adopted in 24 countries since 1979.These are some of the more...
Children who were spanked as toddlers are twice as likely to become aggressive or destructive as they grow older, a team of university researchers claim in a new study.The findings were published online in the April 12 edition of the Pediatrics as "Mothers' Spanking of 3-Year-Old Children and Subsequent Risk of Children's Aggressive Behavior." The research was completed by Catherine A. Taylor and Janet C. Rice of Tulane University, Jennifer A. Manganello of the University of Albana,...
U.S. children who were spanked had lower IQs four years later than those not spanked, researchers found. University of New Hampshire Professor Murray Straus, who is presenting the findings Friday at the 14th International Conference on Violence, Abuse and Trauma, in San Diego, called the study groundbreaking. The results of this research have major implications for the well being of children across the globe, Straus said in a statement. It is time for psychologists to recognize the need to...
Children who are spanked have lower IQs worldwide, including in the United States, according to new groundbreaking research by University of New Hampshire professor Murray Straus. The research results will be presented Friday, Sept. 25, 2009, at the 14th International Conference on Violence, Abuse and Trauma, in San Diego, Calif."All parents want smart children. This research shows that avoiding spanking and correcting misbehavior in other ways can help that happen," Straus says....
Spanking children increases the likelihood they will become defiant and aggressive, a University of Michigan researcher said. Elizabeth Gershoff, an associate professor in the school of social work, said a review of 100 years of research and published studies shows physical punishment puts kids at risk for increased mental health problems, anti-social behavior and serious injuries, the university said this week in a release. There is little research evidence that physical punishment improves...
Celebrities are often labeled as role models of youth but U.S. researchers say they have little influence on young people, unlike family negative role models. Brenda McDaniel of Kansas State University worked with colleagues at Oklahoma State University-Tulsa surveyed 30 boys and girls, ages 7-14, from Boys and Girls clubs in Manhattan, Kan., and in Tulsa categorized as having a lower socioeconomic status, lower academic outcomes and being at-risk. The study asked students whom they...
